Acanthamoeba infection: Rare Disease

Acanthamoeba infection is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acanthamoeba infection, or a subtype of Acanthamoeba infection,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.

About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Acanthamoeba infection usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Acanthamoeba infection at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Acanthamoeba infection refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Acanthamoeba infection diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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